In this snapshot, our new beloved stone type has suffered a grim fate and has been renamed "Deepslate". How mysterious!

CHANGES IN 21W08A

Tweaked cave sizes further
Canyon and cave carvers now apply below y=0
Cracks can now be found carved into the ground
Grimstone has been changed into Deepslate
Added Deepslate ores
The distribution of ores has been further tweaked
Andesite no longer generates under y=0
Tuff now sometimes generates under y=0
The Tuff layer of amethyst geodes has been replaced with now a new type of stone called Smooth Basalt
Smooth Basalt is now obtained from smelting Basalt
Another round of tweaking has been done to the new textures of ores and Blackstone
Emerald and Lapis Lazuli ore textures have had some touch-ups
Mineshafts now once again generate in the open air in caves
Particles now appear in the air around spore blossoms
Slime Blocks and Honey Blocks have been moved to the Redstone tab of the creative inventory

DEEPSLATE

Grimstone is now called Deepslate
Deepslate now has a top texture, and a new block called Cobbled Deepslate drops from Deepslate
The cobbled variant is the same but without the top texture, and is used to craft all Deepslate variants instead
Deepslate now has a unique set of sounds! Very crunchy indeed

DEEPSLATE ORES

Added Deepslate versions of Iron, Gold, Lapis, Redstone, and Diamond ores that generate wherever those ores replace Deepslate
Twice as tough to mine as normal ores

ORE DISTRIBUTION TWEAKS

Ore distribution in snapshot 21w08a. Click here for a link to the image in full resolution.

FIXED BUGS IN 21W08A

MC-213926 - Rooted dirt footstep sounds are considerably quieter than normal dirt footstep sounds
MC-214782 - Geodes can generate floating in caves
MC-214843 - Old style caves don’t generate past Y=0

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